Why is it some parents insist on spelling their kids names different to make them standout?

Grief all thru school for the kids.

Inspector

12-27-2005, 12:20 PM

So, what 's the correct spelling?

Parker or Parkor??

JBucc

12-27-2005, 12:23 PM

So, what 's the correct spelling?

Parker or Parkor??Parkur

ptlyon

12-27-2005, 12:24 PM

Parker or Parkor??

Thought it was Porker.

Calcountry

12-27-2005, 12:42 PM

[with fist shaking/ THAT SAM I AM, THAT SAM I AM, I HATE THAT SAM I AM!Do you like green eggs and ham?

Fish

12-27-2005, 12:59 PM

Do you like green eggs and ham?

"Could you, would you, with a goat?"

sedated

12-27-2005, 01:47 PM

"Could you, would you, with a goat?"

...better ask Mer and ENDelt about that one

BigMeatballDave

12-27-2005, 02:16 PM

Why do people continually bitch about other people who continually misspell 'Samie'? :) :p

angel

12-27-2005, 02:17 PM

"Could you, would you, with a goat?"
why does Dick Vermeil have a bag over his head?

Dunit35

12-27-2005, 02:50 PM

Is it Margarine or butter or oleo?

Wile_E_Coyote

12-27-2005, 02:56 PM

Sammie Parker!
Samie Parker!

Ultra Peanut

12-27-2005, 04:40 PM

Here we see the problem that bedevils most urban dwellers: what can I do to make my unbearably claustrophobic room seem even smaller? Even with the gigantic empty-staring 17th century moonhead there still seems to be a certain airy quality to the place.

I know! I can paint the window!

sedated

12-27-2005, 04:44 PM

why does Dick Vermeil have a bag over his head?

because he's blind to the tyranny of the postal system

Rain Man

12-27-2005, 05:16 PM

I always thought it was spelled "Tsemney Phaarckur".

angel

12-27-2005, 05:37 PM

I always thought his name was Samie Farker...

and that made me think of all the mean things that kids might call him, and that made me think that he had a lot on his mind

Rain Man

12-27-2005, 05:38 PM

I always thought his name was Samie Farker...

and that made me think of all the mean things that kids might call him, and that made me think that he had a lot on his mind

Not only that, but I heard that some people were making fun of his picture on the internet the other day, too.

angel

12-27-2005, 05:41 PM

Not only that, but I heard that some people were making fun of his picture on the internet the other day, too.
poor Sammie... er, Samy, um Samuel?